Objective: In recent years, there has been a significant increase in healthcare-related infections. In health facilities, inadequate sterilization and disinfection is extremely important for the health of the community. Therefore, it is aimed to evaluate the awareness of sterilization and disinfection of healthcare professionals in this study. Methods: In this study, the 100 health technician candidates from Gazi University, Vocational School of Health Services were randomly sampled and the study was performed by using face-to-face questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 package program. Results: 71% of the candidates explained they knew the concept of sterilization. The option of "heat sterilization" as the sterilization method was prefered at the highest rate with 75%. The concept of disinfection was known by 81% of the candidates. All of the candidates believed disinfection is important. The knowledge about the disinfection methods was evaluated and the option of disinfectant was mostly prefered in the ratio of 44%. 73% of the candidates said sterilization and disinfection practices prevented infections in the health facilities. Only 54% of the candidates thought hand hygiene had a role in the prevention of diseases. Conclusion: It was determined the health technician candidates do not have an adequate knowledge about the methods, despite the sterilization and disinfection awareness of them. The knowledge levels of the candidates on relationship between hand hygiene and diseases was also very low. The results of our research show more attention should be paid to increasing the training of infectious diseases and awareness-raising activities in our country.

High protein diets (25% - 35% of energy) that are more satisfying than protein, carbohydrate or fat are often used for weight loss. High protein diets are often replaced by carbohydrate protein and may be low or high in saturated fat. The effects on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol are strongly dependent on carbohydrate restriction and saturated fat intake, even though serum triglyceride is lower as carbohydrate intake decreases, and in some cases, density lipoprotein cholesterol may rise despite weight loss. From these findings, experts argue that to increase the percentage of overweight dietary protein in studies that have begun to investigate the effects of high protein diets on weight loss. This argument has not been sufficiently comprehensive and long-term studies on the reality of macro-nutritional status, its impact on body weight. In this study, the findings in the literature will be investigated and in the future it is aimed to reach a more comprehensive study.

Cancer is the most common causes of death worldwide. Unchangable genetic factors as well as changable environmental factors are important. Enviromental factors, occupation, lifestyle, stress and nutrition is undoubtedly most important. All cases, about 1/3 leads to things we eat and drink. Antioxidants are substances containing special place in our diet. Despite the use of antioxidants are important for cancer prevention, anyway should not be consumed more because of toxic effects. The aim of this review is to assess the nutritional relationship with cancer and provide overview the positive and negative effects of nutrients and especially antioxidants on cancer

The aim of this study is to descriBe the affected situation of mothers whom children have disease and hospitalized. A questionnaire which prepared by researcher conducted by face to face method appliedto 201 mothers. The statistical evaluation of data conducted on computer programme by using percentages.19,4% mothers states that their relations with their wife/husband is affected negatively, majoity of families whom children in hospital because they have social quarantee and moderate economic statü, 64,8% of families have understanding their children treatment and 74,3% of mothers have difficulties for other responsibilities.

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease that causes acute and chronic complications without complete remission. For this reason, individuals with diabetes often choose to resort to complementary treatment methods as well as medical treatment methods that will support them in the course of the disease. The purpose of this literature review is to evaluate the studies conducted to determine complementary and alternative treatment methods used by diabetic patients. A literature review was conducted using the keywords “complementary and alternative medicine” and "diabetes" in the PubMed and EBSCO database searching for articles published between 2007 and 2017. Studies on pediatric patients and rats were not included in the literature review. The detailed literature search result yielded 211 scholarly articles. 13 of these articles were included in the review as their designs were quasi-experimental, crosssectional or descriptive. The general objective of the scholarly articles included in the literature review is to determine the frequency and methods of complementary and alternative therapies used by diabetic patients. The total number of patients included in the review is 7.948 between the ages of 18 and 80. The percentage of patients using complementary and alternative methods (CAM) is between 34% and 92%. The most commonly used CAMs are herbal treatments, multi-vitamin support and acupuncture. The literature review indicates that herbal products are used by diabetic patients to slow down the disease progression. Despite the large sample sizes, they are all descriptive studies. It is, therefore, suggested that further studies perform randomized controlled trials to reveal the effect of CAMs on patients.

Aim: The increase in the Body Mass Index changes the normal pressure distribution on the soles of the feet and causes various deformities, such as those that do not load, pes planus, falls in the ankle. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the distribution of the foot pressure according to the body mass index of the persons with normal foot structure applied to the pedobarography laboratory for various reasons. Methods: In our study, 9 males and 12 females were completed and a total of 21 patients were evaluated retrospectively. The average age of the subjects included in the study was 40.16 (min; 19, max; 63). Body mass index (BMI) (kg / m2) was calculated in all cases. In our study, four groups were formed according to body mass indexes: weak (8 people), normal (6 people), overweight (4 people) and obese (3 people). Results: In our study, there was no difference between the base sounds and the sex. However, an increase in the percentage of the plantar pressure of the posterior leg was detected, with no significant difference between the right and left sides of the foot parallel to the increase in the mass index. Conclusion: We think our work will be a guide for future work.